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Feeding Your Gadget and Tech ObsessionsTue, 31 Mar 2015 20:49:00 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1By: dumbthoughthttp://www.slashgear.com/apple-study-reveals-carrier-loyalty-to-be-main-reason-for-android-buys-13242692/#comment-231418
Wed, 15 Aug 2012 03:12:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=242692#comment-231418i don’t make up stories. I have a neighbour who owns sony tablet and depends on me for technical help. but i know you aren’t the types who can appreciate other people’s views. you don’t understand the concept of diff people having diff tastes. And you get so worked up and start getting personal by insulting people (like picking me for the alias I chose) for comparatively insignificant things like choice of handset. I guess your parents never taught how to live and communicate in a civilised society. That’s sad. But its never too late. You can learn a lot from others around you. It will help you lot in long run.
]]>By: SunsetWatcherhttp://www.slashgear.com/apple-study-reveals-carrier-loyalty-to-be-main-reason-for-android-buys-13242692/#comment-231382
Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:18:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=242692#comment-231382You made up your neighbor story and you don’t have to explain any thing about your love for ipad 3. Your name “DUMBTHOUGHT” explained everything already, so save yourself some time.
]]>By: arianhttp://www.slashgear.com/apple-study-reveals-carrier-loyalty-to-be-main-reason-for-android-buys-13242692/#comment-231270
Tue, 14 Aug 2012 09:23:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=242692#comment-231270that’s becaus we don’t have 4Gs! that’s 4s!
]]>By: dumbthoughthttp://www.slashgear.com/apple-study-reveals-carrier-loyalty-to-be-main-reason-for-android-buys-13242692/#comment-231268
Tue, 14 Aug 2012 08:21:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=242692#comment-231268Its funny you see, for me even looking at android interface for tablets hurts my eyes. It appears so unwelcoming, cluttered, with pointless details. My neighour who is a non tech actually has the sony tablet with ICS loaded, and every time he asks me for help I regret touching that peice of junk with my hands Of course I never mention him what I feel about his device. Personally owning a iPad 3, i feel looking at its display, that is what a display should be – the minimum quality any tablet should have. Its just impossible to look at any tablet once you have used iPad 3. Seriously your comment about iPAD3 seems unbeliveable – but I know diff people diff tastes. BTW my current phone of choice for last two years is Galaxy S (I9000) and I generally like the interface (except for the samsung’s customization). Will soon look to upgrade it now :).
]]>By: Mario II Valenzuelahttp://www.slashgear.com/apple-study-reveals-carrier-loyalty-to-be-main-reason-for-android-buys-13242692/#comment-231259
Tue, 14 Aug 2012 05:40:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=242692#comment-231259I think it more likley was a multiple question survey with each question having an answer of “yes, no, or no opinion.”
]]>By: daPrinzhttp://www.slashgear.com/apple-study-reveals-carrier-loyalty-to-be-main-reason-for-android-buys-13242692/#comment-231252
Tue, 14 Aug 2012 03:32:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=242692#comment-231252Really? This kind of backfired on you.
Ever heard of multiple choice?
]]>By: sopheak heanhttp://www.slashgear.com/apple-study-reveals-carrier-loyalty-to-be-main-reason-for-android-buys-13242692/#comment-231250
Tue, 14 Aug 2012 03:05:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=242692#comment-231250How the hell did Apple come up with this %?
• Wanted to stay with current wireless service provider: 48%
• Trusted the Google brand: 36%
• Preferred larger screen: 30%
• Preferred the Android market for apps (Gmail, Google Docs, Google-Voice): 27%
• Wanted better integration with google services: 26%
• Wanted the latest and greatest smartphone: 26%
• Wanted turn by turn GPS navigation: 25%
• Wanted the latest technology: 25%

48 + 36 + 30 + 27 + 26 + 26 + 25 + 25 > 100% lol

]]>By: VAVA Mk2http://www.slashgear.com/apple-study-reveals-carrier-loyalty-to-be-main-reason-for-android-buys-13242692/#comment-231224
Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:53:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=242692#comment-231224Jelly Bean kinda makes the stability thing one less check point for Apple over Android…
]]>By: VAVA Mk2http://www.slashgear.com/apple-study-reveals-carrier-loyalty-to-be-main-reason-for-android-buys-13242692/#comment-231223
Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:52:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=242692#comment-231223And I doubt anyone that saw the Samsung Captivate would not confuse it for an iPhone given it’s shape….

]]>By: Samsung Fanboyhttp://www.slashgear.com/apple-study-reveals-carrier-loyalty-to-be-main-reason-for-android-buys-13242692/#comment-231215
Mon, 13 Aug 2012 23:44:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=242692#comment-231215Not true. read this article and Google up more information…hopefully the link in this post is not blocked. http://www.netbooknews.com/44345/is-ios-more-stable-than-android/
]]>By: AlexXhttp://www.slashgear.com/apple-study-reveals-carrier-loyalty-to-be-main-reason-for-android-buys-13242692/#comment-231212
Mon, 13 Aug 2012 23:09:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=242692#comment-231212the problem i see is this is an APPLE study, there’s no telling how biased any of it can be. personally most the people i know want or have an android for the pure usability and customization of it. even a few people who had iPhones wanted one after seeing what i can do with my E3D, while the iphone for stability and development is easy being everything is basically the same. where it stands people like to be individual, i don’t hear “oh you have that, i have that too” in the android community, as opposed to the ios community where every phone is EXACTLY THE SAME. like i said they have their ups and downs but this study is most certainly biased i can say. more people would prefer singularity over conformity, just ask around for yourself :)
]]>By: trainman261http://www.slashgear.com/apple-study-reveals-carrier-loyalty-to-be-main-reason-for-android-buys-13242692/#comment-231207
Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:45:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=242692#comment-231207Don’t forget, this is an Apple study, so you can’t expect anything as accurate as a third-party survey – I mean, who knows, this could be very accurate, but we can’t be as sure as we could be about a well-known, independant company. Note that nowhere on there is “bought Android because of more functionality”, “wanted customisability” or anything like that – I can’t believe that so few people bought it because of that – I bought Android because of that (although technically it’s not a phone, but a media player). Considering the Apple part, I’m surprised the carrier issue wasn’t higher, and that things like turn-by-turn navigation were not lower. In fact, I’m amazed by the turn-by-turn navigation statistics even without considering it’s from Apple. Let’s look at this – the main reason a good part of people buy smartphones is for the phone part, and they don’t even use the “smart” part – I’ve seen that on the iPhone AND Android side (although slightly more on the Android side). Then, you have the people who use it for the apps, etc. But here, a quarter (!) of the people being surveyed said they bought it BECAUSE of the turn-by-turn navigation. In other words, they use the turn-by-turn navigation a lot. And let’s not forget, you can easily get $100 Garmins. Just something to think about…
]]>By: zeal_assassinhttp://www.slashgear.com/apple-study-reveals-carrier-loyalty-to-be-main-reason-for-android-buys-13242692/#comment-231195
Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:19:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=242692#comment-231195With Android you got more choice. With Apple you got more stability.
]]>By: Guesthttp://www.slashgear.com/apple-study-reveals-carrier-loyalty-to-be-main-reason-for-android-buys-13242692/#comment-231196
Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:19:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=242692#comment-231196stupidity at its finest.
]]>By: craigd152http://www.slashgear.com/apple-study-reveals-carrier-loyalty-to-be-main-reason-for-android-buys-13242692/#comment-231193
Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:17:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=242692#comment-231193What Apple plan on suing the carriers next for having loyal customers? They are just ridiculous.
]]>By: fsd717http://www.slashgear.com/apple-study-reveals-carrier-loyalty-to-be-main-reason-for-android-buys-13242692/#comment-231190
Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:14:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=242692#comment-231190Had replaced my iPhone with Samsung Galaxy S2, currently have iPad 3 but it has been collecting dust since I got the Asus Transformer TF300…promised myself NOT to buy anymore iCrap in the future.
I am so bored to death with all these very limited iCrap products from Apple

Andriod OS all the way!

]]>By: Good ol' JShttp://www.slashgear.com/apple-study-reveals-carrier-loyalty-to-be-main-reason-for-android-buys-13242692/#comment-231181
Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:54:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=242692#comment-231181I just did a study. I found that iPhone 4GS users are members of the Taliban
]]>By: Colin Yapphttp://www.slashgear.com/apple-study-reveals-carrier-loyalty-to-be-main-reason-for-android-buys-13242692/#comment-231171
Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:30:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=242692#comment-231171Ok, where and who did they survery. Almost every android user I know says they chose android for the better tech and customization. Notice how customization is not even mentioned. If this was prior to Sprint and other carriers getting the iphone then how many of respondents choose android over the iphone on AT&T and Verizon. This survey is not very straightforward.
]]>By: J. Williamshttp://www.slashgear.com/apple-study-reveals-carrier-loyalty-to-be-main-reason-for-android-buys-13242692/#comment-231169
Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:26:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=242692#comment-231169See the issue with this is, apple doesn’t have the latest and greatest technology. So that’s a silly one to point out. Go back to the drawing board apple, and stop crying.
]]>By: Str8Krazyhttp://www.slashgear.com/apple-study-reveals-carrier-loyalty-to-be-main-reason-for-android-buys-13242692/#comment-231156
Mon, 13 Aug 2012 20:42:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=242692#comment-231156So basically it is saying that Apple hurt their own sales because up until 2011 there was only AT&T in the United States… That being said only Samsung phones that could have confused people were the AT&T versions.
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